
From the Hip
1987
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Representation Score
Fair
1992
RDirector
Ron Senkowski
Runtime
103 minutes
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The film presents a traditional professional drama with a satirical edge, centered on a male intern’s disillusionment. The cast is predominantly white, with women in supporting roles and no LGBTQ+ or disability representation. Cultural critique of legal institutions provides the primary diversity element.
Category Breakdown
No LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or identities appear in the cast list or synopsis. The narrative focuses on a male intern’s professional disillusionment without exploring sexual orientation or gender identity.
A female lawyer and her wife are credited, but the plot centers on a male intern. Women appear as supporting figures rather than driving the central legal conflict or reform arc.
The cast includes Sonya A. Avakian, suggesting some ethnic diversity, but the core narrative and credited roles are predominantly white. No specific racial dynamics or non-white protagonists are detailed in the available context.
The film explicitly critiques the legal system, framing lawyers as the source of the protagonist’s disillusionment. It questions institutional authority and traditional professional hierarchies through the intern’s “wild, vivid” imagination of reform.
No characters with disabilities are listed or described in the synopsis. The story relies on psychological frustration and professional conflict rather than physical or mental health conditions.
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Official Synopsis
A young law intern realizes that his elementary view of lawyers is hopelessly idealistic and his world is shattered by its brutal reality. His wishes for legal reform are brought about through his wild, vivid, and often sexy imagination.

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